Taiho

The Taiho was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that was laid down on 10 July 1941 and commissioned on 7 March 1944. She was built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries at Kobe, Japan, and she was commissioned just three months before her first, and only, battle. Taiho was sunk by a single torpedo from US Navy submarine USS Albacore (SS-218) on 19 June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, suffering from design flaws and poor damage control. 1,650 of her 2,150 crewmen chose to go down with her.